Half Birthday

Kata is six months old tomorrow. I am feeling terribly sentimental (and, I admit it, a little bit sad...) about her already being halfway through her first year. Here are some six month portraits of my baby, who won't be a baby for long:







One last shot of my adorable family:

Weirdoween

Our first tropical Halloween was a success! It required a bit of effort to search out Halloween events around town, but in the end, Norah fell totally in love with the holiday that allowed her to dress as a fish and eat candy...not bad, even if the pumpkins here are all green...

Step number one was to make climate-appropriate costumes. Here is Lobster Kata:



Steamed Lobster



And here is Flounder Norah. Our two year-old has learned that a really easy way to irk Mom is to pout and hide her face whenever the camera comes out.



A surprisingly great Halloween event was the local Halloween fair, complete with carnival games and Norah's first taste of cotton candy. Flounder and Dad outside the Cricket grounds where it was held.



Ha! Caught you not looking, Flounder!



Halloween family portrait, Guyana-style.



The next week, we were fortunate to be invited to the only Trick-or-Treating to be had in town...the kids went office to office begging for candy at the US Embassy. Surprisingly, given the security we went through just to get in the gates, we were allowed to take pictures!

Embassy Lobster



Norah was way too overwhelmed and scared to ask anyone for candy. She hid behind my legs and told me she would absolutely not under any circumstances say "Trick or Treat." This is the moment it all changed:



Toddlers with mouthfulls of chocolate make for funny pictures:



Sweet Lobster